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Tobin Harshaw
Nuclear weapons may have prevented global war through deterrence, but today¡¯s shifting threats require adaptable strategies and strong leadership to avoid catastrophe.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2025
How humanity can avoid starting World War III
As a new nuclear age dawns, the U.S. must once again adjust its policies with foresight and flexibility, resisting both technological determinism and political destabilization.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020
The tiny island that¡¯s key to China¡¯s maritime ambitions
Thitu Island is little more than a rock, but the Philippines will lose it at its peril.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2019
Don¡¯t let giant clams start World War III
These shells are worth a fortune, but the price in environmental damage and heightened military tensions in the South China Sea is vastly higher.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2016
Silly burkini ban¡¯s serious reason
Criticisms of France¡¯s strict assimilation policy ignore the equally apparent failures of politically correct approaches intended to create a society in which ¡®everyone feels they have a stake.¡¯
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2016
Why the U.S. should move nukes out of Turkey
The U.S. should move its nuclear missiles in southern Turkey to more secure European locations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2016
Why women put on the suicide vest
On a list of history¡¯s most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist ¡ª who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2016
Those ¡®free rider¡¯ allies are finally paying up
There are signs that U.S. allies in Asia, Europe and the Middle East are starting to understand that the bill for the Pax Americana has come due.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016
How Putin¡¯s Syria gamble has already paid off
While the jury is still out on whether Russia achieved all its objectives in Syria, it did succeed in showcasing its military strength.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2016
Saudi Arabia has bigger problems than Iran
While Saudi Arabia is hardly fertile ground for revolution, the government faces unprecedented challenges both within and outside the country.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015
What does the Islamic State think it is doing?
Islamic State and its supporters may be congratulating themselves, seeing a barbaric victory in Paris, but they are forgetting the fate suffered by the Taliban in the months following the 9/11 attacks.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2015
Putin fires a shot across Obama¡¯s bow
Barack Obama insists that Vladimir Putin¡¯s intervention in Syria is a sign of weakness, but the Russian Navy¡¯s recent cruise missile launch showed rising strength.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2015
War on Islamic State has given Jordan new life
Tiny, oil-poor Jordan has parlayed the war against Islamic State into tangible gains.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2015
Iran deal didn¡¯t trigger an arms race
The hyper-arming of the Middle East dates to the mid-2000s, before the U.S. and its partners began negotiating in earnest with Tehran over nuclear weapons.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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